ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - This year, Dave Rowe, owner of a decades-old music store in St. John's, N.L., found himself in a peculiar yet pressing situation: he was out of ugly sticks, and the man who made ...

The ugly stick — an unusual musical instrument found at many a Newfoundland and Labrador kitchen party — is front and centre in a new book from local author Josh Goudie. Jack and the Magnificent Ugly ...

Malena Padilla started making piñatas as a child growing up in Veracruz, Mexico. (Chérie Wheeler/CBC) With the ground still covered in snow, Newfoundland's Humber Valley may as well be on a different ...

Dave Rowe, owner of O'Brien's Music Store poses with an ugly stick: a traditional Newfoundland and Labrador percussion musical instrument, outside his shop on Water Street, St. John's, Monday, Dec. 4, ...